Class History: Management Information System (Spring 2017)
This page summarizes all the classes of the course Management Information System in Spring 2017.
Summary
Total number of classes was 23, consists of 18 regular classes and 5 extra classes. Regular classes were scheduled to be held in these slots: Monday 12:30 – 01:45 PM (room 1002), and Wednesday 12:30 – 01:45 PM (room 1002). Extra classes were held at different times.
[January 16] Class 1
Orientation and overview of the whole course.
[January 23] Class 2
Room 1002, Time 12:30
Chapter 1: What is system; what is information system; characteristics of information system; functions of information system; information system activities.
[January 25] Class 3
Room 1002, Time 12:30
Information system resources; information system components. End of Chapter 1.
[January 30] Class 4
Room 1002, Time 12:30
Chapter 2: What is software; types of software; common business application software.
[February 8] Class 5
Room 1002, Time 12:30
Email program; browsers are universal clients; software suites; pros and cons of software suites; functions of operating system. End of chapter 2.
[February 15] Class 6
Room 1002, Time 12:30
Start of chapter 4. Efficiency vs. effectiveness. Downsizing. Planned obsolescence.
[February 18] Class 7, Class 8
Room: TI Lab, Time: 9:45 to 1:00 (class 7: EXTRA CLASS), and 11:00 to 12:20 (class 8: EXTRA CLASS)
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Start of chapter 3. Data analysis – how to convert raw data into useful information --> Practical demonstration.
[February 20] Class 9
Room 1002, Time 12:40 to 01:45
Test 1: Quiz. Click here to view result. [Details]
[February 27] Class 10
Room 1002, Time 12:30
Suggestion for midterm exam. Review of the whole syllabus of the midterm exam.
[March 1] Class 11
Room 1002, Time 01:00 – 01:30
Review: Chapter 3 (data analysis).
[March 3] Midterm exam
Syllabus: Chapter 1, 2, 3, 4. Click here to view results.
[March 15] Class 12
Room 1002, Time 01:00 – 01:50
Start of chapter 5. What is network and telecommunication? Types of network. LAN, WAN, MAN, network computing, P2P.
[March 20] Class 13
Room 1002, time 01:00 to 02:00
Internet, ICANN, W3C, Nodes, Usefulness of a network.
[March 22] Class 14
Room 1003, Time 12:30 – 01:50
Intranet, VPN. Usefulness of a network -> mathematical problems.
[March 27] Class 15
Room 1002, Time 12:30
The last mile problem. IP address. V4 and V6 IP address. Some special IP addresses. Mathematical problems on IP address. End of chapter 5.
[March 29] Class 16
Room 1002, Time 12:30
Start of chapter 6. What is plan. Information technology planning. IT architecture. Change management.
[April 3] Class 17
Room 701, Time 12:30 – 01:45
Start of chapter 8. Introduction to computer programming. Computer programming defined. Types of programming language. Compiler vs. interpreter. Object oriented programming language.
[April 5] Class 18
Room 1002, Time 12:30 – 02:00
The basics of VB6. Events and actions, objects, attributes, properties, variables, set and get statements.
[April 10] Class 19
Room 1002, Time 12:30 – 02:00
If-then statement. Methods. MsgBox method. Functions. InputBox functioin. A tiny computer program.
[April 12] Class 20
Room 1003, Time 01:00 – 02:10
String and numerical variables. IsNumeric function. Val function. Software -> a simple calculator.
[April 15] Class 21, Class 22
Room: IT lab. Time: from 11:30 to 12:45 PM (class 21: EXTRA CLASS), and 12:45 to 02:00 (class 22: EXTRA CLASS)
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Interlocution to computer programming using VB6 -> Lab class.
[April 22] Final Exam
Room: 701, Time: 11:00 – 1:00 PM. Click here to view results.
[April 27] Class 23
Room: IT lab, Time 01:30 to 15:00 (EXTRA CLASS)
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Counseling class for project -> practical guideline on how to build your assigned project.